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(No Model.)

H. W. ROUNTRBE. TRUNK. No. 471,899. Patentd Mar. 29,1892.

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HENRY IV. ROUNTREE, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA;

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S PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,899, dated March29, 1892.-

Application filed September 13, 1890. Serial No. 364,919. (No model.) II To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY W. ROUNTREE, of Richmond, in the county ofHenrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in trunks, and particularly in suchtrunks as that shown in my former patent, No. 399,439; and it consistsin certain features of construction and novel combinations of parts, aswill be here inafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isavertical transverse section of the trunkwith cover raised or open and the tray slid back, and Fig. 2 is a detailview of the tray.

The trunk may have its bodyA and hinged cover or top B made in anysuitable style, shape, or material, the back of the body or trunk Abeing cut down at its top at a to permit the movement of the tray. Ateach end of the trunk and near the top thereof are secured the strips 0,011 which the tray is movably supported. These strips C are slightlyinclined upward from front to rear, so that the tray when slid back intothe open cover will not strike at its rear corner upon the back I) ofthe cover,but will ride up over such back, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.This inclination of the strips avoids the cutting down of the trunk-backat a to such extent as is necessary in the construction shown in myformer patent before described. These strips 0 are reinforced by metalplates or rails D and are provided near their rear ends with rollers E,on which the tray rests and rolls.

The tray is provided on its under side, at or near its front end, withrollers F, which bear upon the strips 0, and support the front end ofthe tray at its opposite sides. By preference the said rollers F arearranged at the front corners of the tray, so that in the uptilting ofthe rear end of the tray in the closing movement of the cover B thefront corner of the tray will notbind upon the strips 0, but will by itsrollers F move easily thereon.

' In the construction shown the tray is provided on its under side andfront near its ends with metal bands or plates G, and the rollers F aresecured to the tray by riveting or otherwise fastening their brackets orsupports to the said plates G, the rollers thereby being strongly andfirmly supported.

In operation the tray, which is provided at its front endwith a hingedparasol-box, may, when the cover is raised, be pushed back thereinto,and the parasol-box may be thrown up onto the tray, so as to leave theopening into the trunk in large part unobstructed, permitting convenientaccess to the body of the trunk, as Will be'readily understood. As thecover is lowered it will push the tray back into place. In suchoperation as the cover starts to close it has a tendency to slightlylift the rear end of the tray. This movement would have a tendency inthe absence of rollers F to cause the front edge of the tray tov bindupon the strips C; but the said rollers F prevent any such binding andenable the tray to be moved easily forward by the closing of the cover.

In defining some of the main novel features and improvements embodied inthe present invention over that shown in my former patent, they may bestated to be in the arrangement of the tray-supporting strips at anincline, the provision of a roller at the front lower corner of thetray, and the reinforcing of such tray with metal plates or bands, andsecuring the supports or brackets of the tray-rollers to the said bands.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Thecombination of the trunk having its ends provided with strips forsupporting the tray, the tray provided with metal bands or bars G on itsunder side and front, and the 2. The improvement in trunks,-substantherollers F, supported at the front lower tially as described; consistingof the trunk corner of the'tray, all substantiall 'yas and for 10proper, provided at its ends with tray-supthe purposes set forth.porting strips inclined upward from front to 5 rear and provided neartheir rear ends with HENRY W. ROUNTREE.

rollers, the tray supported upon the said Witnesses: strips and arrangedto be moved when the O. M. FERRELL, cover is opened back partiallythereinto, and SAML. A. NEALE.

